2011 Recall Election Finance Profile - Luther Olsen

Senator Olsen was first elected to the Assembly in 1994 and to the Senate in 2004.

Senator Olsen was one of nine senators facing recall elections in 2011 spurred by the passage of Governor Scott Walker's plan to curtail public employee collective bargaining rights. He had no primary opposition and was opposed in the August election by Fred Clark, the Democratic incumbent from the 42nd Assembly District.

*Includes all contributions from contributors of $100 or more to the candidate in a calendar year.
Excludes any returned and self contributions.

Interest Group Contributions from
Individuals and Committees*
1/1/09-8/31/11

Interest

Amount

Political/Ideological

$22,600.00

Tourism/Leisure/Entertainment

$20,450.00

Retired/Homemakers/Non-income earners

$19,289.50

Health Professionals

$18,267.00

Manufacturing & Distributing

$17,664.90

Health Services/Institutions

$17,625.00

Banking & Finance

$16,017.20

Real Estate

$12,209.00

Agriculture

$11,509.38

Unknown

$10,655.00

Construction

$10,100.00

Insurance

$8,525.00

Business

$7,480.00

Natural Resources

$7,343.50

Lawyers/Law Firms/Lobbyists

$6,985.00

Road Construction

$4,450.00

Education

$4,307.55

Energy

$4,150.00

Transportation

$3,700.00

Telecommunications & Computers

$2,000.00

Labor Unions

$1,450.00

Civil servant/public employee

$1,235.00

Non-Profit/Social Services

$300.00

*Individual contributions includes all contributions from contributors of $100 or more to the candidate in a calendar year.
Committee contributions of any amount are included. Any returned and self contributions are excluded.

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